Family and friends, my dames et my sirs,

Midnight in the GardenAfter a seven year hibernation, I am very excited and proud to announce the official release of my second album, MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN.

The album and each of the nine songs can be downloaded from the kind folks at iTunes here:

Purchase Midnight in the Garden

Or by simply searching 'Bryce Thomas' in the iTunes Store.

You can also download for FREE the MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN digital booklet, complete with lyrics:
click here to download (6.9 meg PDF)

The album features songs I hope you find worth sharing. In particular, with:

  • Those who love to travel (Venezia and Wanderlust)
  • Those who are eternally falling down from love (Gone and Powder Blue)
  • Those who have moved on and those who can't (Good Things)
  • Those who somehow still make it work (You & Me)
  • Those women who are rediscovering themselves after kids (Groove Back On)
  • Plus a couple just for me (Dig My Own Grave and Midnight in the Garden)


WHAT YOU MAY (OR MAY NOT) KNOW ABOUT MY SECOND ALBUM

To be perfectly honest, MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN is the result of me not playing well with others. The nine folk-rock infused tracks are therefore best listened to alone with friends and loved ones. It should be noted that much of the album was also recorded during late-night hours while babies slept. Perhaps you will wish to listen to the album while yours do the same. To that end, many of the songs do moonlight as lullabies, so don't be afraid to turn up the volume. Headphones and car interiors provide the most conducive listening environments.

WHY THIS ALBUM? WHY NOW (aka, WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG)?

This midnight in the garden of my creativity had been going on for some time. Near five years since my debut album, ONCE WERE EXPLORERS (two kids under two had something to do with it). As a result, my guitars, piano, drums and voice were rather dusty , so please excuse the occasional fuzziness around the edges. The album began unexpectedly with a tune dug from a grave, and then quickly bloomed into nine smart, sexy, somewhat quirky songs. It then took me nearly two years to prune and graft and some other gardening related techniques.

IF YOU DON'T PLAY WELL WITH OTHERS, WHO'S MAKING ALL THE NOISE?

All nine songs on the album were written, performed, recorded, engineered and produced by yours truly. Yes, even the drums, accordian, various stringed and non-stringed sounds (though please don't hold that against me). There are some very important and talented people that I should have asked to perform on this album, in particular the angelic-voiced Lisanne Thomas, monster bass player Chris Monster, poet laureate Peter O'Neill, and Canada's premier percussionist Ryan C.W. Scott. I'll eventually get around to asking them, but in the meantime, you too can become a Bryce R Thomas egomaniac. Franchises are available; inquire within.

I did, mind you, have the rational sense and good fortune to have the album mastered through the kind generosity of Joao Carvalho of Joao Carvalho Mastering Studios, Toronto. Many thanks Joao for such fine sonic balancing.

WHAT ABOUT YOUR FIRST ALBUM?

A very fine question! My debut album, ONCE WERE EXPLORERS is also available for download from iTunes. It features eights tracks of life, love and lingering libations set against bleached white Mediterranean mornings, soul-searching Asian afternoons and ecstacy-soaked New Zealand nights.